We Have the War upon Us
The Onset of the Civil War: November 1860 - April 1861
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Noted historian William J. Cooper has forged a reputation as one of today' s foremost Civil War experts. In We Have the War upon Us, Cooper takes a fresh look at the months between Lincoln's election and the attack on Fort Sumter that sparked the war. For years, compromise had kept the North and South from conflict but in these crucial months, the actions of major players on both sides pushed the country to the brink of destruction.
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A Magnificent Catastrophe tells the story of the most perverse, bizarre, nail-biting, and influential election battle ever in U.S. history: America's first true presidential campaign, and a contest so important to the future of the country that Jefferson referred to it as "the second American Revolution" because the outcome resolved so much unfinished business about just what kind of government we would have. This election in many ways determined just how democratic a country we would be.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Get this if you have to use it for a class!!!
- De Gabriel en 03-03-17
De: Edward J. Larson
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The Three Lives of James Madison
- Genius, Partisan, President
- De: Noah Feldman
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 34 h y 12 m
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Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician, he cofounded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cogently organized, meticulously balanced
- De Diana Black Kennedy en 06-15-18
De: Noah Feldman
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The Birth of Modern Politics
- Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and the Election of 1828
- De: Lynn Hudson Parson
- Narrado por: Milton Bagby
- Duración: 10 h y 9 m
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The 1828 presidential election, which pitted Major General Andrew Jackson against incumbent John Quincy Adams, has long been hailed as a watershed moment in American political history. It was the contest in which an unlettered, hot-tempered southwestern frontiersman, trumpeted by his supporters as a genuine man of the people, soundly defeated a New England "aristocrat" whose education and political resume were as impressive as any ever seen in American public life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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a very good popular history book
- De D. Littman en 01-29-10
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Seward
- Lincoln's Indispensable Man
- De: Walter Stahr
- Narrado por: William Dufris
- Duración: 22 h y 29 m
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From one of our most acclaimed new biographers - the first full life of the leader of Lincoln’s "team of rivals" to appear in more than 40 years. William Henry Seward was one of the most important Americans of the 19th century. Progressive governor of New York and outspoken U.S. senator, he was the odds-on favorite to win the 1860 Republican nomination for president. As secretary of state and Lincoln’s closest adviser during the Civil War, Seward not only managed foreign affairs but had a substantial role in military, political, and personnel matters.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I Wish Doris Kearns Goodwin Had Written This
- De AR en 06-21-15
De: Walter Stahr
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The Fiery Trial
- Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery
- De: Eric Foner
- Narrado por: Norman Dietz
- Duración: 18 h y 7 m
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Eric Foner gives us the definitive history of Abraham Lincoln and the end of slavery in America. Foner's Lincoln emerges as a leader, one whose greatness lies in his capacity for moral and political growth through real engagement with allies and critics alike. This powerful work will transform our understanding of the nation's greatest president and the issue that mattered most.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Book about a Monstrous Injustice
- De Cynthia en 07-29-13
De: Eric Foner
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Year of Meteors
- Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and the Election that Brought on the Civil War
- De: Douglas R. Egerton
- Narrado por: Michael Scherer
- Duración: 13 h y 24 m
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In early 1860, pundits across America confidently predicted the election of Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas in the coming presidential race. Douglas, after all, led the only party that bridged North and South. But the Democrats would split over the issue of slavery, leading Southerners in the party to run their own presidential slate. This opened the door for the upstart Republicans, exclusively Northern, to steal the Oval Office. Dark horse Abraham Lincoln, not the first choice even of his own party, won the presidency with a record-low 39.8 percent of the popular vote.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent! Buy it today!
- De Anonymous User en 01-07-22
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Founding Rivals
- Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election that Saved a Nation
- De: Chris DeRose
- Narrado por: Adam Verner
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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In 1789, James Madison and James Monroe ran against each other for Congress-the only time that two future presidents have contested a congressional seat. But what was at stake, as author Chris DeRose reveals in Founding Rivals: Madison vs. Monroe, the Bill of Rights, and the Election That Saved a Nation, was more than personal ambition. This was a race that determined the future of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the very definition of the United States of America.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Must for Anyone Interested in the Constitution
- De Garshom L. Arkoff en 07-09-13
De: Chris DeRose
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Polk
- The Man Who Transformed the Presidency and America
- De: Walter R. Borneman
- Narrado por: Alan Nebelthau
- Duración: 13 h y 13 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 503
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This is a major political biography of a great American president - who won a war, transformed the government, and doubled the size of the United States...in four years. When Polk was sworn in as the 11th president, what followed was one of the most consequential presidencies in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Polk: One of our most important Preidents
- De Rik GNV en 10-12-08
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A Leap in the Dark
- The Struggle to Create the American Republic
- De: John Ferling
- Narrado por: Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
- Duración: 23 h y 50 m
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It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a brilliant portrait of the American Revolution, one that is compelling in its prose, fascinating in its details, and provocative in its fresh interpretations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved every minute!
- De Richard en 03-03-15
De: John Ferling
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The Lost Founding Father
- John Quincy Adams and the Transformation of American Politics
- De: William J. Cooper
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Why has John Quincy Adams been largely written out of American history when he is, in fact, our lost Founding Father? Overshadowed by both his brilliant father and the brash and bold Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams has long been dismissed as hyper-intellectual. Viciously assailed by Jackson and his populist mobs for being both slippery and effete, Adams nevertheless recovered from the malodorous 1828 presidential election to lead the nation as a lonely Massachusetts congressman in the fight against slavery.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Edifying
- De Jean en 01-15-18
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Henry Clay
- The Man Who Would Be President
- De: James C. Klotter
- Narrado por: James Anderson Foster
- Duración: 19 h y 12 m
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Charismatic, charming, and one of the best orators of his era, Henry Clay seemed to have it all. He offered a comprehensive plan of change for America, and he directed national affairs as Speaker of the House, as Secretary of State to John Quincy Adams - the man he put in office - and as acknowledged leader of the Whig party. As the broker of the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850, Henry Clay fought to keep a young nation united when westward expansion and slavery threatened to tear it apart. Yet, despite his talent and achievements, Henry Clay never became president.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful book by a talented writer and historian
- De Timothy en 08-24-18
De: James C. Klotter
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Plain, Honest Men
- The Making of the American Constitution
- De: Richard Beeman
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 19 h y 18 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 212
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The Constitutional Convention affected nothing less than a revolution in the nature of the American government. Led by James Madison, a small cohort of delegates devised a plan that would radically alter the balance of power between state and national governments, and then sprung that idea on a largely unsuspecting convention.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grand Narrative
- De Maddie49 en 10-12-11
De: Richard Beeman
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Roosevelt's Second Act
- The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War
- De: Richard Moe
- Narrado por: Allan Robertson
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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On August 31, 1939, nearing the end of his second and presumably final term in office, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was working in the Oval Office and contemplating construction of his presidential library and planning retirement. The next day German tanks had crossed the Polish border; Britain and France had declared war. Overnight the world had changed, and FDR found himself being forced to consider a dramatically different set of circumstances.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Puts listener in the moment.
- De Jake en 05-16-14
De: Richard Moe
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James Madison and the Struggle for the Bill of Rights
- De: Richard Labunski
- Narrado por: Richard Poe
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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Richard Labunski offers a dramatic account of a time when the entire American experiment hung in the balance, only to be saved by the most unlikely of heroes, the diminutive and exceedingly shy James Madison. Here is a vividly written account of not one, but several major political struggles that changed the course of American history.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Tedious
- De Adam Smith en 04-19-10
De: Richard Labunski
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Ratification
- The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788
- De: Pauline Maier
- Narrado por: Johnny Heller
- Duración: 23 h y 5 m
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When the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia adjourned late in the summer of 1787, the delegates returned to their states to report on the new Constitution, which had to be ratified by specially elected conventions in at least nine states. Pauline Maier recounts the dramatic events of the ensuing debate in homes, taverns, and convention halls, drawing generously on the speeches and letters of founding fathers, both familiar and forgotten, on all sides.
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4 out of 5 stars
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History Always Repeats
- De Howard en 08-27-11
De: Pauline Maier
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James Madison and the Making of America
- De: Kevin R. C. Gutzman
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 52 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 145
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In James Madison and the Making of America, historian Kevin Gutzman looks beyond the way James Madison is traditionally seen - as "The Father of the Constitution” - to find a more complex and sometimes contradictory portrait of this influential Founding Father and the ways in which he influenced the spirit of today's United States.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a traditional biography
- De David en 12-14-12
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre We Have the War upon Us
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Greg A. Miller
- 07-26-19
Great Book & Performance About A Fascinating Time
Although I must say that I am still hoping to find a book about this same period of American history that includes more information about contemporary culture and the events, news reports, meeting minutes, personal correspondence, etc., I was very pleased with this book.
William J. Cooper is a talented writer. the narration was clear and enjoyable. I learned a great deal, even though I am a long-time student of the Civil War and have read and own dozens of books along with more than 50 hours of documentaries on the subject (most of them about battles and biographies).
I cannot imagine what it was like to live during these times but I like to. And books like this one help ne do just that.
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Total5 out of 5 stars
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- Big Al
- 09-02-21
excellent history
very good narrative of the critical months before the war that transformed the United States.
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